It turns out that part of the 10.4.6 update was the inclusion of non-destructive partitioning in diskutil, via the new resizeVolume option. You can use this feature, for example, to create a Boot Camp setup with more than two partitions.
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For an explanation, see on bbum's web site. robg adds: This will only work on GPT (GUID Partition Table) disks, which are what you'll find in an Intel Mac. I used Disk Utility to format a FireWire drive with GPT, then used diskutil to try to resize it on the fly. I think this should work, but I was having issues with the sizing of the partitions, resulting in an error. Given more time, it should be possible. Disk Utility, however, does not seem to support the non-destructive option, even on GPT disks.
Nov 26, 2007 - The problem seems to be caused by the presence of a Boot Camp partition and renders the Mac unable to reboot after the update fails. Mac mini Mac mini (Late 2014) Mac mini Server (Late 2012) Mac mini (Late 2012) Mac Pro Mac Pro (Late 2013) Overview. This is BootCamp support software drivers for Windows 10. Was installed on MacBook Pro 13 Mid 2012. Should work on any Mac which support Windows 10. Fixed version. For those who dont have USB stick SPECIALLY for BootCamp drivers.
Well, on my PPC mac (quad G5) i could. I could even boot off it (only when Mac OS X v10.4.6 was installed on it, with an earlier version it didn't work), but according to replies to my comments by sphns at and only few PPC macs can boot off a 'GPT disk', most can't. However, the 'diskutil resizeVolume' did not work on the 'GPT disk', which according to another reply by the same person is normal: it only works on intel macs.
(this was my main reason to use GPT) additionally, using GPT created a (invisible from the GUI). So for now i have no reason to use GPT on my PPC mac, even though i could. Fds copied sphns's comments over, see. Some posts from macgeekery.com's page on the same subject, made by who I assume to be an Apple engineer:. sphns on April 10, 2006 - 8:36pm pdisk is for APM maps only (Apple Partition map, the PPC map) fdisk is for MBR maps only (Mast boot record, what's on your camera flash disks gpt is for gpt maps only. HOWEVER, gpt does not understand the partition format that's used for bootcamp. Using it to create/destroy partitions will not do what you want.
The only thing that will create bootcamp compatible partitions is diskutil under 10.4.6 or later. sphns on April 10, 2006 - 8:46pm Some late model ppc macs will boot from gpt disks, but the vast majority of them will not. sphns on April 10, 2006 - 8:48pm Resizing does not work on ppc at all. Resizing does not work on APM maps either.
Under 10.4.6, you can only resize JHFS+ volumes on gpt maps on Intel machines. See my other comment as to why it might fail even in this case. From what I can understand (after reading this and the article you linked to), this would allow one to resize a partition, right? Here's my question: can I use this to resize both of my partitions? I did the BootCamp thing and installes XP on my iMac but, I only created a 10GB partition. Now that I installed Oblivion on it, I'm running out of room and would like to expand it to at least 20-25GB (so I can install Half-Life 2). Would this allow me to do that without wiping out the data on either the XP (M$-DOS/FAT-32) or the OS X partitions?
If so, any idea on how I would do this (links)? I tried reading the man page for diskutil, but I didn't see anything about resizing partitions. This is not a very good hint.
Simply referencing another site and saying, 'it can be done.' Also, it someone needs to update it to reflect the installation of Vista. I am trying to create a multi-partition setup, and these are the steps I've followed: 1. Installed Mac OS X on 1 partition.
Use Boot Camp utility to partition for Windows. Put Mac in target disk mode (firewire - Apple-T) and connect to 2nd Mac (or boot OS install disk if it's 10.4.6+) 4. In terminal, ran 'sudo diskutil eraseVolume JHFS+ disk#s3 (Your 'boot camp' partition will be 3rd on drive - this step is critical because resizeVolume only works on JHFS+ formatted partitions!) 5. Sudo diskutil resizeVolume disk1s3 etc. At this point I can boot the Mac from a Windows installer disk (XP SP2 or Vista) by holding down the option key. However, Vista refuses to install, issuing a hex error at the stage where you would select the partition to install onto; XP could format and copy install files to the appropriate partition but issued an error after the reboot to perform the actual installation saying: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: system32 hal.dll Please re-install a copy of the above file. Other things I've tried: From a single OS X partition on the internal drive, I've run Boot Camp Assistant to partition and then installed Vista and attempted to create the additional desired partitions that way (bad idea - Vista eats the hybrid gpt/mbr partition table created by Boot Camp and poops it out as MBR, preventing OS X from installation.
After spending 3 days trying to figure this out, this is where I'm stuck. Any suggestions? Here's what I did: 1.) Started with OS X install and 1 partition on disk (of course, this is really disk0s2 since there's the hidden EFI partition.
2.) Ran Boot Camp Assistant, partitioned drive, installed Windows (Vista). 3.) Rebooted from Install DVD (Intel 10.4.6 or later only.) 4.) Ran 'diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 G partition3format. Size ' 5.) Ran 'diskutil eraseVolume partition3format partition3name disk0s3' In my experience if you've got a 10.4.8 Mac or newer that you're connecting your Multi-part Boot Camp Mac to in FireWire Target Disk Mode, it automatically does step 5 for you. At this point I had OS X, a data partition, and Vista all installed and working. Then I got greedy and tried to split the data partition again and this killed my Vista installation.
Some of the other literature I've found online seems to indicate that your Windows boot partition has to be the #3 partition; but seemingly because of the MBR wrapper limitation of 4 partitions it definitely cannot be past the #4 partition. Tomorrow I might try to go against Apple's GPT spec and eliminate the hidden EFI partition; then I should be almost able to run my system the way I want with 2 OS X boot volumes, 1 Windows boot volume, and a data drive shared between them.
A few users at are experiencing a severe problem with the Beta of Boot Camp installed under Tiger, then updating to 10.4.11. The result is that the Mac cannot boot and the only remedy is to extract the user data in FireWire Target Mode, reformat and reinstall the OS. The thread of the discussion has some helpful suggestions by contributors, but the most important thing is to back up all user data before attempting the 10.4.11 update for those who have a Boot Camp partition. For those who may need to reformat and reinstall, simply booting from a CD doesnit seem to work. A second Mac is helpful along with to extract the user data before starting that process.
One customer who had the problem took his Mac to a local Genius Bar and reported that this may be a known issue. A search of the Apple Knowledge Base, however, did not return any relevant documents.